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1. Jeopardy Vocabulary 5 W’s C vs. Q Frequency Graphs $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

2. What is Statistics? Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. Vocabulary - $100

3. Vocabulary - $200 • What are data? • Values of categorical or quantitativevariables.

4. Vocabulary - $300 • What is the difference between a population and sample? • The term "population" represents all possible measurements or outcomes that are of interest in a particular study. • The term "sample" refers to a portion of the population that was studied.

5. Vocabulary - $400 • What is the difference between a frequency table and a relative frequency table? A frequency table is a table that lists items and uses tally marks to record and show the number of times they occur. Relative frequency tables display the data using the calculated percentages from our proportions.

6. Vocabulary - $500 • How are pie charts and relative frequency bar charts similar? • They both show the percentages of each category.

7. 5 W’s - $100 • Name the 5 W’s of the following description. • The Gallup Poll conducted a representative telephone survey of 1180 American voters during the first quarter of 2009. Among the reported results were the voter’s region, age, party affiliation, and whether or not the person voted in the 2008 election. • What – 1180 Americans; What—region, age, party affiliation, and whether or not the person voted in the 2008 presidential election; When—first quarter of 2009; Where—United States

8. 5W’s - $200 • In 2006, Consumer Reports published an article evaluating refrigerators. It listed 41 models, giving the brand, cost, size, type, estimated annual energy cost, overall rating, and repair history. • Who—41 refrigerator models; what—brand, cost, size, type, estimated annual energy cost, overall rating, and repair history; where—N/A; when—2006; why– to evaluate refrigerators.

9. 5W’s- $300 • Scientists of Pfizer conducted an experiment to study the effectiveness of an herbal compound to treat a common cold. They exposed patients to the virus, then gave them either the herbal compound or a placebo pill. Several days later, they measured each patient’s condition on a scale from 0 to 5. • Who—Experiment subjects; What—Treatment & cold severity; When—N/A; Where—N/A; Why—To test the efficacy of herbal remedy on common cold

10. 5 W’s - $400 • Business analysts hoping to provide information helpful to American grape growers compiled these data by surveying several vineyards: size, number of years in existence, state varieties of grapes grown, average case price, gross sales, and percent profit. • Who—American vineyards; what—size of a vineyard, number of years in existence, state, varieties of grapes grown, average case price, gross sales, and percent profit; when—N/A; Where—United States; why—to provide information for American grape growers.

11. 5 W’s - $500 • Since 1911, the Indy 500 races have taken place every year during Memorial Day in Indianapolis. Researchers collected data about the year, winner, pole position, average speed, pole winner, and pole speed of each race. • Who—Indy 500 races; What—year, winner, pole position, average speed, pole winner, pole speed; when—1911 to 2010; where– Indianapolis; Why—N/A

12. Categorical Vs. Quantitative - $100 • What is the difference between categorical and quantitative data? • QUANTITATIVE Variables: measure either how much or how many of something. • CATEGORICAL Variables: name categories or answer questions about how cases fall.

13. Categorical vs. Quantitative - $200 • Is the party affiliation of Philadelphia residents quantitative or categorical? • Categorical.

14. Categorical vs. Quantitative - $300 • Is the size of a car quantitative or categorical data? • Quantitative

15. Categorical vs. Quantitative - $400 • Is the number of years museums have been in existence categorical or quantitative data? • Quantitative

16. Categorical vs. Quantitative - $500 • Are the gross sales of Nike’s Jordan brand categorical or quantitative data? • Quantitative

17. Frequency - $100 • What is the frequency of the shoe size 9 in the table below? • 4

18. Frequency - $200 • Joshua Reina collected data on 359 cars. If 102 of them were Asian, what percentage of the cars where Asian? • 28.4%

19. Frequency - $300 • What percentage of pupils are between 150 and 160 cm of height? • 39.1%

20. Frequency - $400 • What percentages of cars were manufactured from 1999 to 2002 • 71.2%

21. Frequency - $500 • What is the percentage of people in each weight class? • 60 -70 – 19% , 70 to 75--3%, 75 to 95 – 67%, 95 to 100 – 11%

22. Graphs - $100 • What does each letter in T.A.I.L.S. stand for? • Title, Axis, Intervals, Labels, Scale

23. Graphs - $200 • If Karie’s budget is $2000, how much does she spend on entertainment? • $360

24. Graphs - $300 • Which month we expect to have the most girls? • July

25. Graphs - $400 • Which month will the Deli sell the most roast beef? • July

26. Graphs - $500 • What is the total amount of time it will take Patrick and Malcolm to get to work if they leave home at 6:00 am? • 35 minutes